That flu shot you might have gotten recently faces a more complex challenge than scientists had formerly realized.
A strain of the influenza A virus perpetrated the “Spanish Flu” pandemic in 1918 that killed more than 20 million people. Related strains caused two other deadly global outbreaks in the 20th century, and virologists consider a future epidemic to be a perennial threat.
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